This article will explain the first thing you should know about HTML: History, objectives and basic knowledge bases to be laid down.
What is HTML?
HTML is the acronym for HyperText Markup Language, which translates into English as a Hypertext Markup Language.
is the language that web pages are written. These can be seen through a kind of application called a browser (browser). We can say that HTML is the language used by browsers to display web pages to the user, is today the most widespread interface on the network.
This language allows us to bring together text, images and audio, and combine it to our liking. It is here where its advantage over a simple text document, HTML allows us to introduce references to other pages using hyperlinks. Evolution
The HTML language was created initially as subject to disclosure. However, it was thought that the web would become a recreation area with multimedia character, so that HTML can not respond to all possible uses would be given subsequently and the entire group of people who currently use . Given this flawed approach, over time changes were incorporated, different revisions of HTML.
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This evolution of language, brought a number of drawbacks and deficiencies that had to be overcome with the introduction of other auxiliary technologies able to organize, optimize and automate the operation of the web. Familiar examples are CSS, JavaSript and others. Later we will see what some of them.
Another problem accompanying the HTML is the choice of browsers on the market, they are not able to interpret the same code in a unified way. This forces us to, once created the page, verify that this can be viewed correctly in all browsers, or at least in most used. Tools
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also necessary to see the results of our work, we need another tool to create the page itself. HTML file (a page) is no more than a text. That's why WE NEED to develop an HTML text editor.
Any simple text editor serves: vi, emacs, kedit, gedit, notepad ...). However, care must be taken with some more complex editors like Microsoft Word or Wordpad as they introduce their own code to keep the pages and can give us problems.
Other specific types of editors for creating Web pages, which offer many facilities permitem us increase our productivity. Though at first it is advisable to use a tool as simple as possible to pay close attention to our code and get familiar with it. Later we will gain time by using more advanced editors.
Basics
Thus, a page is a file that contains the HTML code as text. These files have a. Html or. Htm. So when we develop in HTML, we'll do with a text editor and save your work with. Html, eg mypage.html.
Tip: Always use the same extension in your HTML files. This will avoid confusing when writing the names of your files now with. Html and others with. Htm. If you also work in a team project, is even more important to agree to the same extent, we will save trouble creating links between pages, for example.
And that's all for now, in the next article will begin to see the syntax of the language.
